Paintbrush suspension



Aug. 24, 1948. H. C/MCCAIN PAINT BRUSH SUSPENSION Filed 001;. 26, 1945 Inventor HENRY c. An CA/N Patented Aug. 24, 1948 PAINTBRUSH SUSPENSION Henry 0. McCain, Compton, Califl, assignor of fifty per cent to Arthur L. Hughes, Walnut Park, Calif.

Application October 26, 1945, Serial No. 624,797

2 Claims. 1

My invention relates to paint brushes and has for an object to provide means whereby a. brush may be suspended over a paint container.

Another object of this invention is to provide a paint brush upon the head of which is supported a spring actuated clip.

A further object of this invention is to provide a spring pressed clip Which may be attached to a paint brush whereby the same may be suspended over a drip pot or a paint can from various positions of the brush.

Other features and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description and the accompanying illustrative drawings in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of my invention shown in operative position,

Figure 2 is a detail plan view of one form of the invention.

In the above drawings as Well as in the specification to follow, the same characters of reference indicate the same parts throughout.

In the accompanying drawings l0, indicates my invention applied to a paint brush l I, and secured thereto by means of screws l2 and [3, upon which are coiled springs l4 and [5, which bear upon the collar [6, seated over the shank ll, of said brush. The collar has projecting from opposing sides thereof fingers l8 and I9, each of which is provided with a tranverse groove 20 and 2|, respectively, adapted to engage a rim 22, of a paint or other vessel 23, whereby the said fingers may be quickly slipped over the said rim and be secured thereto through the action of one or the other of said springs l4 and I5, It is obvious that I may also provide the member It, with transversely arranged fingers 24, whereby if desired the brush may be held flat-wise over the said vessel instead of edge-wise as illustrated. The finger 24, is illustrated only in Figure 1 of the drawings.

Painters have great difliculty in keeping their brushes out of paint cans in order to prevent the absorption of too much paint when the brush is not in use. Therefore, I have provided the above described invention which will hold the brush suspended above the paint whereby its 'drippings will return to the paint can.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention after considering the description in connection with the 2 drawings. Therefore, a more lengthly description is regarded as unnecessary.

Changes in shape, size and rearrangement of details and parts such as come within the purview of the invention claimed may be resorted to, in actual practice, if desired.

Having now described my invention, that which I claim as new and desire to procure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with a paint brush having a brush head and handle formed with a cylindrical bearing shank, guide screws adjustably secured in said brush head at the opposite sides of said bearing shank, a collar slidably disposed about said bearing shank being formed with diametrically opposed apertures for receiving said guide screws, integral oppositely extending clamping arms on said collar adapted to clamp over the upper rimv of a paint can to hold the paint brush suspended thereover, and resilient tensioning means disposed about said guide screws between said clamping arms and the outer ends of said screws for tensioning said clamping arms.

2. In combination with a paint brush having a brush head and handle formed with a cylindrical bearing shank, guide screws adjustably secured in said brush head at the opposite sides of said bearing shank, a collar slidably disposed about said bearing shank being formed with diametrically opposed apertures for receiving said guide screws, integral oppositely extending clamping arms on said collar formed with arcuate seats adapted to clamp over the upper rim of a paint can with the rim of said can received in said seat for holding the brush suspended over the paint can, and adjustable resiliently tensioned means disposed about said guide screws between said clamping arms and the outer ends of said screws, whereby either end of said paint brush head may be supported on the rim of a paint can.

HENRY C. MCCAIN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 841,589 Simon Jan. 15, 1907 888,896 Howard May 26, 1908 2,236,070 Rohrdanz Mar. 25, 1941 

